Preliminary Statements

This post flows from my brief reviews of movies I-VI and VII-X. I refer you, O reader, to those posts, in which I have ranked I-VI in context of each other and VII-X in context of each other.

As I have written in those posts, my most basic standard regarding any of the Star Trek movies is whether I want to place the disc in my Blu-ray player, press the “play” button on the remote control, and watch the movie from beginning to end without skipping any scenes.

Rankings

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Analysis

My five favorite Star Trek movies are those I want to watch without skipping any scenes.

The top three films are those with which Nicholas Meyer was involved.

My least favorite Star Trek movies are those that were nearly franchise killers.

Original series movies are generally better than Next Generation movies.